it shows new ownership has been decisive as the likes of roman abramovich has beenin the likes of romanthe past.— been in the past. looking forward, who are the _ been in the past. looking forward, who are the early _ been in the past. looking forward, who are the early runners - been in the past. looking forward, who are the early runners and - who are the early runners and riders? �* ., , , who are the early runners and riders? ., , , ., riders? anthony barry will take over in the interim _ riders? anthony barry will take over in the interim he _ riders? anthony barry will take over in the interim he is _ riders? anthony barry will take over in the interim he is a _ riders? anthony barry will take over in the interim he is a coach - riders? anthony barry will take over in the interim he is a coach alreadyl in the interim he is a coach already based in chelsea. there have been suggestions of bright and's graham potter being one of the frontrunners. he is someone who i think the ownership at chelsea will feel is a more collaborative manager than thomas tuchel, someone who can work with

million on paying off a host of- million on paying off a host of sacked managers during the roman abramovich, thatis severance package for thomas tuchel, that is before they shell out on a replacement. new american owners, but an all—too—familiar sense of turbulence at stamford bridge. even abramovich never sacked a manager as early as 33 days into a new season. the club insists this makes sense. but at a time when the public are feeling the pinch, many will find it hard to comprehend the money spent on sacking managers and on a record transfer window. chelsea are set for talks with graham potter, and if they do recruit him, no doubt his club, brighton, will want millions of pounds in compensation. it's time tojoin chris with of pounds in compensation. it's time to join chris with the latest on the weather. lots of storms in recent days. look at the weather watcher picture sent in the last 30 minutes. a lightning bolt flashing across the skies of liverpool. there is the lighter building. quite often, storms are quite localised. what we have seen over recent days and nights is storms that hav

nonetheless, even roman abramovich, the previous owner of chelsea didn't sack a managerjust 33 days intoandards it does seem particularly ruthless. after all this we've heard this is a manager who just last year led chelsea to champions league glory, just a few months after taking up the job. there were other trophies are followed as well with super and the club world cup, messick finals last season. chelsea finishing third of course. thomas tuchel also gained a lot of credit for the way that he led the club during those difficult times when it was for sale after the uk government sanctioned the russian oligarch roman abramovich. on top of that they spent of course more than a quarter of the billion pounds or new players in the transfer window. thomas tuchel we know is heavily involved in some of those decisions. we know the new owners relied on his opinion to some extent for the therefore it does seem somewhat strange that's just six day after the window closes they decide for him to go. having said all of that as you have commented, this is chelsea we should be too surprised with up so

will have spent almost £250 million, in his first transfer window since buying the club from roman abramovichon loan until the end of this season. the 26—year—old brazil international made 31 appearances forjuventus last season, but hasn't played for them during the present campaign. he joined the italian club from barcelona in 2020. manchester united have signed brazilian winger antony from ajax. for an initialfee £82 million. the deal is the fourth most expensive signing in premier league history. the 22—year—old has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. leicester city have signed vout fas from french club reims. the defender has joined on a five—year contract for an undisclosed fee, with the move subject to international clearance. earlier, football reporter simon stone explained leicesters simon stone explained leicester's activity this window. we don't know a lot about him. he's 24 we don't know a lot about him. he's 2a years of age, but leicester have ended up in a weird situation the summer. usually, they sell one of their star players quite early on in t

having spent more than £100 million on paying off a host of sacked managers during the roman abramovichvasion represent the biggest current threat to the world economy. this is what he had to say. after the pandemic, different challenges arrived that have also been globally in nature and pose a danger to the whole world, i'm talking about the west sanctions fever. it's brazen and aggressive attempts forcing us to behave a certain way and force us into submission. there is nothing unusual about that and the policy has been used by the west for decades. today, the proportion — used by the west for decades. today, the proportion is _ used by the west for decades. today, the proportion is found _ used by the west for decades. today, the proportion is found only _ used by the west for decades. today, the proportion is found only 996 i used by the west for decades. today, the proportion is found only 996 that l the proportion is found only 9% that is according to the european commission. that is give more information with the eu is proposing to do. this is our correspondent jessica parker. th

will have spent almost £250 million, in his first transfer window since buying the club from roman abramovichted have signed brazilian winger antony from ajax for an initialfee £82 million. the deal is the fourth most expensive signing in premier league history. the 22—year—old has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. leicester city have signed vout fas from french club reims. the defender has joined on a five—year contract for an undisclosed fee, with the move subject to international clearance. earlier, football reporter simon stone explained leicester's activity this window. we don't know a lot about him. he's 2a years of age, but leicester have ended up in a weird situation the summer. usually, they sell one of their star players quite early on in the window, then use that money to reinvest in the squad. that didn't happen this time. we've ended up with wesley going to chelsea for a lot of money this week, but really, brendan rogers is only giving a small portion of that money to spend on his squad. they're in a far weaker position than you would expect the

with roman abramovich gone, the american todd boehly bought the club — this is his decision.ew coach, less than a week from their eighth signing of the summer. at the very top in football, things change fast. joe lynskey, bbc news. scientists studying wild chimpanzees in uganda have found that each animal has its own signature "drumming style". the chimps use tree roots to hammer out messages to each other over long distances. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill explains. chimpanzee screeches the panting, hooting call of a wild chimpanzee, quickly followed by a short burst of tree root drumming. these chimps, scientists say, use the large buttress tree roots to drum out messages to one another that carry over distances of up to a kilometre. researchers followed and recorded the chimps in budongo forest reserve in uganda and found that each male had his own signature drum style. the animals use the sound to announce their presence when they're travelling through the dense rainforest. the researchers who've studied this chimp population for many years say their discovery so

address by mikhail khodorkovsky i appeal to herman gref alexei kudrin anatoly chubais roman abramovich to all those who know me and whom i know. guys, this is the time. when you shouldn't be trying to slip between construction sites. your position or we are enemies, do not be offended. i'm interested in this one question. these are those whom mr. khodorkovsky threatened to excommunicate from friendship with itself. here they somehow expressed themselves, in general, they said something. if they want to remain khodorkovsky's friends, they should say so. and if they do not want to remain his friends, then this is all the more necessary to say, in general, moreover. mind you, it's not just some friends. these are people in whose hands huge financial leverage is huge. well, now look at this. i don't know what to say to you other than forgive. about these people for the fact that she worked all her life and paid taxes and now i'm sitting in the basement, go, little ones, fuck your arms, your legs will tear off, and i will shout words to ukraine well, certainly not about those of my friends

will have spent almost £250 million in his first transfer window since buying the club from roman abramovichost expensive signing in premier league history. the 22—year—old has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. leicester city have signed wout faes from french club reims. the defender has joined on a five—year contract for an undisclosed fee, with the move subject to international clearance. earlier, i asked ourfootball reporter simon stone how much we know about the 24—year—old. we don't know a lot about him. he is 24 years of age, but again, leicester have ended up in a weird situation this summer — usually they sell one of their star players early on in the window, then use that money to reinvest in the squad. that didn't happen this time, we've ended up didn't happen this time, we've ended up with wesley for fauna going to chelsea for a lot of money this week, but really brendan rodgers is only getting a small proportion of that money to spend on his squad that money to spend on his squad that are in a far weaker position then you'd normally expect them

with roman abramovich gone, the american todd boehly bought the club — this is his decision.ir eighth signing of the summer. at the very top in football, things change fast. joe lynskey, bbc news. tonight in the champions league, liverpool travel to napoli, whilst tottenham host marseille. rangers face ajax in their opener in amsterdam. manager giovanni van bronckhorst hinted he will stick with goalkeeperjon mclaughlin for the game, despite criticism in the wake of saturday's old firm defeat, admitting that losing 4—0 against celtic was "hard". a heavy defeat. and, you know, we were all disappointed. - it's the worst feeling - you can have after a game. you have to, you have to get up. you have to play the next game. we definitely need to improve. you have to learn from your defeats and keep going. - and that's also the task we have. now some cricket news, and alex hales has been called up to england's twenty20 world cup squad as a replacement for the injured jonny bairstow. hales hasn't played for england since being dropped from the 50—over world cup squad in march 2019 bec

even under the former owner roman abramovich, who usually hires and fires his managers after a couples speaking to people _ dugout? it was interesting when i was speaking to people about - dugout? it was interesting when i was speaking to people about the club, they were telling me that thomas tuchel may be lacked was a collaborative approach with some of the new ownership as well. they were an american firm largely that has come in and taken over, and i think a few suggestions were mentioned, graham potter at brighton has been mentioned as a possible replacement, he had byes into that collaborative approach. he worked with dan ashworth when he was at brighton and is delivering good results at the club. they are very much a forward—thinking club and i think maybe chelsea are trying to reposition themselves as a forward—thinking club, similar to brighton but may be obviously challenging at the top of the perennially for the game�*s biggest prizes. == perennially for the game's biggest rizes. ., , ., prizes. -- top of the premier league- _ prizes. -- top of the premier league- do _ priz

i would like the role of watching roman abramovich, oleg deripaska, vladimir potanin, and so on and soare given to the nazis by some, but we will not name the surname, although she is already known by the surname. for all. this is also a very important element, you mean, and the footage that appeared in the ukrainian media, when this person, a, took an active part, i mean, a obrabovich, uh, the rescue of special leaders. from captivity correct. yes, absolutely right. this is just meant here is also a question. yesterday i literally met with my e, anatoly iphone and either gave me the opportunity to call my relatives on new iphones, but, of course, i wo n’t give a damn about iphones, i just wanted each of us to the best of our ability, to the best of our abilities, to the best of our sensations, contributed to all of us, rolling up our sleeves, working exactly on the front on which we are able to work, investing everything that is in victory, because victory must be common and the times are very difficult for our country rich people opportunity. well, of course, there is a whole list of

so, at chelsea, obviously earlier this year, roman abramovich, the former owner, was sanctioned.you know, their season has already started. season ticket sales have already happened. but obviously there are tickets sold throughout there are tickets sold throughout the season, tickets get released throughout the season, so that is going to be something interesting to watch. we have had record attendances last year in the premier league, so it will be interesting to see, as the cost of living crisis plays out. when investors buy into elite level sport like the premier league, they are seeing an entertainment package that in previous crises has perhaps been more resilient than other sectors of the economy. the bet is that people will keep paying to support their team. so it�*s going to be interesting to see how that plays out because, you know, people have put a lot of money into this. the question on broadcast however, if people start switching off their subscriptions, it will be fascinating to see the discussions between broadcasters and clubs and the league, because broadcasted h

other news, the sun has an exclusive story, claiming that the former chelsea football club owner roman abramovichionals held by russian—backed forces in ukraine. the times has this photo of four tennis legends on a night out. roger federer posted the photo on twitter — of him, sir andy murray, rafael nadal and novak djokovic on their way to dinner in london. that is quite an image. that is quite an image. that would have been a good dinner. it would. on the tennis team and by way of contrast in terms of outfits, this is because of the laver cup. europe against the rest of the world. these are the team coaches, bjorn borg and john mcenroe. they have got them together and taken a picture and contrasting him with 1981. what do we see that is different? the hair has changed. the length of the shorts. i was drawn to the length of the shorts. bjorn borg has gone pretty much the same. john mcenroe, who had exceptionally short shorts in those days, has not gone... why would he? i like the shorts. the other thing is the rackets. those of a certain age will remember the dunlop maxply. that is whatjohn magr